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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 through 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is most of the basement in the convent filled?
(a) Water.
(b) Old furniture.
(c) Wine.
(d) Human bones.

2. What happens as the British forces are scrambling over the castle's outer walls?
(a) Sharpe blows up the gunpowder around the wall.
(b) A series of mines erupt.
(c) The defenders shoot at the attackers.
(d) Josefina and Dubreton's wife escape.

3. What does Sharpe know about the French and his position?
(a) Troops are coming to help him.
(b) He has the advantage.
(c) The French will give up if he kills a few more of them.
(d) He won't be able to stop them forever.

4. Who will assist Sharpe in rescuing the women?
(a) An arillery company.
(b) A calvary battalion.
(c) Two sqauds of infantry.
(d) Spanish partisans.

5. What does Pot-au-Feu do about the gold Sharpe and Dubreton carry?
(a) He trades it for allowing them to go free.
(b) He doesn't know they have it.
(c) He takes it and tells them it is not enough.
(d) He confiscates it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Sharpe recognize Lady Farthingdale to be?

2. What begins to arrive after Sharpe and his group have the hostages?

3. What is the first thing Sharpe decides needs to be done in an assault on Andrados?

4. What does Dubreton's wife say to her husband?

5. What do the French think about Sharpe's forces?

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